Prescribe
verb
To tell someone officially what should be done, usually as a way to fix a problem.
The doctor prescribed the patient some medication to help with the pain.
Often appears as...
- prescribe medication
- prescribe treatment
verb
To state something officially or as an instruction.
The law prescribes a minimum of five years in prison for such an offence.
Often appears as...
- prescribe punishment
- prescribe law
Usage tips
Formal
verb
This term talks about allowing something to happen or making something happen after a certain period of time.
The statute prescribes that claims for personal injuries must be filed within one year.
Often appears as...
- prescribe period
- prescribe time
Usage tips
Formal
verb
To tell someone officially what should be done, usually as a way to fix a problem.
The doctor prescribed the patient some medication to help with the pain.
Often appears as...
- prescribe medication
- prescribe treatment
verb
To state something officially or as an instruction.
The law prescribes a minimum of five years in prison for such an offence.
Often appears as...
- prescribe punishment
- prescribe law
Usage tips
Formal
verb
This term talks about allowing something to happen or making something happen after a certain period of time.
The statute prescribes that claims for personal injuries must be filed within one year.
Often appears as...
- prescribe period
- prescribe time
Usage tips
Formal
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Authority Figure
Prescribe often involves a person in authority, like a doctor or expert, giving instructions.
After the check-up, the doctor prescribed rest and plenty of fluids.
Pro Tip 2/3Specific Solution
Prescribe implies a specific solution or remedy for a problem or condition.
The nutritionist prescribed a low-sugar diet for the patient.
Pro Tip 3/3Follow Instructions
'Prescribe' indicates that the receiver should follow the given instructions carefully.
She prescribed three exercises that should be done daily.
Pro Tip 1/3Authority Figure
Prescribe often involves a person in authority, like a doctor or expert, giving instructions.
After the check-up, the doctor prescribed rest and plenty of fluids.
Pro Tip 2/3Specific Solution
Prescribe implies a specific solution or remedy for a problem or condition.
The nutritionist prescribed a low-sugar diet for the patient.
Pro Tip 3/3Follow Instructions
'Prescribe' indicates that the receiver should follow the given instructions carefully.
She prescribed three exercises that should be done daily.
Pro Tip 1/3Authority Figure
Prescribe often involves a person in authority, like a doctor or expert, giving instructions.
After the check-up, the doctor prescribed rest and plenty of fluids.
Pro Tip 2/3Specific Solution
Prescribe implies a specific solution or remedy for a problem or condition.
The nutritionist prescribed a low-sugar diet for the patient.
Pro Tip 3/3Follow Instructions
'Prescribe' indicates that the receiver should follow the given instructions carefully.
She prescribed three exercises that should be done daily.
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This could be why you're...
We're going to prescribe for you to come here to this center twice a week to meet with a group of other depressed and anxious people, not to talk about how miserable you are, but to figure out something meaningful you can all do together so you won't be lonely and you won't feel like life is pointless." The first time this group met,
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How to stay calm when...
or undergo a surgery or any medical procedure before one person is helped. And you're thinking, what kind of crazy statistic is that? The number should be one. My doctor wouldn't prescribe something to me if it's not going to help. But actually, medical practice doesn't work that way. And it's not the doctor's fault,
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The Internet as a...
cast no judgement you're supposed to be able to do whatever you want so our idea of Internet of Things is that it's not about the beautifully divine device design devices it's not about the prescribed smart devices it's really about giving every single person in the world this power this moment of
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What causes insomnia? -...
In addition to these practices, some doctors prescribe medication to aid sleep, but there aren’t reliable medications that help in all cases. And over-the-counter sleeping pills can be highly addictive, leading to withdrawal that worsens symptoms. But before seeking any treatment,
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Sore? Try an Ice Bath PIPE...
try not to get too cold just ask anybody who's ever had frostbite however under controlled conditions there are third situations where ice can prove very beneficial in fact doctors have been prescribing it for years to help reduce swelling and help speed up
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How to spot a fad diet -...
when the diet in question instructs you to only eat specific foods, prescribed combinations, or to opt for particular food substitutes, like drinks, bars, or powders. The truth is shedding pounds in the long run simply doesn't have a quick-fix solution.
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What really matters at...
as much as prescribing physician. Quick palliative care -- a very important field but poorly understood -- while it includes, it is not limited to end of life care. It is not limited to hospice. It's simply about comfort and living well at any stage.
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What happens during a...
Doctors often prescribe low-dose aspirin, for example, particularly for patients who've already had a heart attack and for those known to be at high risk. And drugs that help manage risk factors, like high blood pressure, cholesterol, and diabetes,
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How does chemotherapy...
including hair loss, fatigue, infertility, nausea, and vomiting. Doctors commonly prescribe options to help manage these side-effects, such as strong anti-nausea medications. For hair loss, devices called cold caps can help lower the temperature
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The Perils of Pangolins...
scales from historic stockpiles can legally be prescribed in hospitals but as long as there is a demand for pangolin products there will be a black market you can't help but observe the fact that
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This could be why you're...
We're going to prescribe for you to come here to this center twice a week to meet with a group of other depressed and anxious people, not to talk about how miserable you are, but to figure out something meaningful you can all do together so you won't be lonely and you won't feel like life is pointless." The first time this group met,
Video examples
How to stay calm when...
or undergo a surgery or any medical procedure before one person is helped. And you're thinking, what kind of crazy statistic is that? The number should be one. My doctor wouldn't prescribe something to me if it's not going to help. But actually, medical practice doesn't work that way. And it's not the doctor's fault,
Video examples
The Internet as a...
cast no judgement you're supposed to be able to do whatever you want so our idea of Internet of Things is that it's not about the beautifully divine device design devices it's not about the prescribed smart devices it's really about giving every single person in the world this power this moment of
Video examples
What causes insomnia? -...
In addition to these practices, some doctors prescribe medication to aid sleep, but there aren’t reliable medications that help in all cases. And over-the-counter sleeping pills can be highly addictive, leading to withdrawal that worsens symptoms. But before seeking any treatment,
Video examples
Sore? Try an Ice Bath PIPE...
try not to get too cold just ask anybody who's ever had frostbite however under controlled conditions there are third situations where ice can prove very beneficial in fact doctors have been prescribing it for years to help reduce swelling and help speed up
Video examples
How to spot a fad diet -...
when the diet in question instructs you to only eat specific foods, prescribed combinations, or to opt for particular food substitutes, like drinks, bars, or powders. The truth is shedding pounds in the long run simply doesn't have a quick-fix solution.
Video examples
What really matters at...
as much as prescribing physician. Quick palliative care -- a very important field but poorly understood -- while it includes, it is not limited to end of life care. It is not limited to hospice. It's simply about comfort and living well at any stage.
Video examples
What happens during a...
Doctors often prescribe low-dose aspirin, for example, particularly for patients who've already had a heart attack and for those known to be at high risk. And drugs that help manage risk factors, like high blood pressure, cholesterol, and diabetes,
Video examples
How does chemotherapy...
including hair loss, fatigue, infertility, nausea, and vomiting. Doctors commonly prescribe options to help manage these side-effects, such as strong anti-nausea medications. For hair loss, devices called cold caps can help lower the temperature
Video examples
The Perils of Pangolins...
scales from historic stockpiles can legally be prescribed in hospitals but as long as there is a demand for pangolin products there will be a black market you can't help but observe the fact that
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Joseph Brodsky
American Poet
Regardless of whether one is a writer or a reader, one's task consists first of all in mastering a life that is one's own, not imposed or prescribed from without, no matter how noble its appearance may be. For each of us is issued but one life, and we know full well how it all ends.
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Lee Ranaldo
American Musician
The world is going to end for each of us in a prescribed time, and you sort of understand that your time is limited at a certain point, and you want to get done the things you want to get done. You don't want to leave things undone, because you only have a limited amount of time.
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Vaclav Smil
Czechoslovakian Scientist
I'm old fashioned. I'm not one of these young guys who think they are so smart that they can prescribe what humanity ought to do. Humanity never learns any lessons. Prescriptions don't matter. We already know exactly what to do. We just don't do it.
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Sucheta Dalal
As a parent, would you not endorse a decision by your child's school, which encourages her to read a newspaper everyday? In fact, you would be even more approving if the prescribed newspaper was a leading national daily.
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William Gilmore Simms
American Novelist
Neither praise or blame is the object of true criticism. Justly to discriminate, firmly to establish, wisely to prescribe, and honestly to award. These are the true aims and duties of criticism.
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Jesse Eisenberg
American Actor
If you're acting, then there's a prescribed way to behave; whereas in life, there's no prescribed way. So acting feels like a comfortable way to get through the day.
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Jack Monroe
British Journalist
Talk to families in poverty and ask them what they need, instead of prescribing it for them. Ask what the barriers are. Ask what would help. And then deliver it.
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Max Weber
German Economist
One cannot prescribe to anyone whether he should follow an ethic of absolute ends or an ethic of responsibility.
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Mason Cooley
American Writer
Reason enables us to get around in the world of ideas, but cannot prescribe our thoughts.
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Robert Kennedy
American Politician
The free way of life proposes ends, but it does not prescribe means.
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Joseph Brodsky
American Poet
Regardless of whether one is a writer or a reader, one's task consists first of all in mastering a life that is one's own, not imposed or prescribed from without, no matter how noble its appearance may be. For each of us is issued but one life, and we know full well how it all ends.
Quote examples
Lee Ranaldo
American Musician
The world is going to end for each of us in a prescribed time, and you sort of understand that your time is limited at a certain point, and you want to get done the things you want to get done. You don't want to leave things undone, because you only have a limited amount of time.
Quote examples
Vaclav Smil
Czechoslovakian Scientist
I'm old fashioned. I'm not one of these young guys who think they are so smart that they can prescribe what humanity ought to do. Humanity never learns any lessons. Prescriptions don't matter. We already know exactly what to do. We just don't do it.
Quote examples
Sucheta Dalal
As a parent, would you not endorse a decision by your child's school, which encourages her to read a newspaper everyday? In fact, you would be even more approving if the prescribed newspaper was a leading national daily.
Quote examples
William Gilmore Simms
American Novelist
Neither praise or blame is the object of true criticism. Justly to discriminate, firmly to establish, wisely to prescribe, and honestly to award. These are the true aims and duties of criticism.
Quote examples
Jesse Eisenberg
American Actor
If you're acting, then there's a prescribed way to behave; whereas in life, there's no prescribed way. So acting feels like a comfortable way to get through the day.
Quote examples
Jack Monroe
British Journalist
Talk to families in poverty and ask them what they need, instead of prescribing it for them. Ask what the barriers are. Ask what would help. And then deliver it.
Quote examples
Max Weber
German Economist
One cannot prescribe to anyone whether he should follow an ethic of absolute ends or an ethic of responsibility.
Quote examples
Mason Cooley
American Writer
Reason enables us to get around in the world of ideas, but cannot prescribe our thoughts.
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Robert Kennedy
American Politician
The free way of life proposes ends, but it does not prescribe means.
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